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Northern Tooth Fungus on Maple: Hard White Ooze Confirmed

White oozing from mapl

Maple oozing immediately hard white polymer with fine "teeth." Not slime flux.

Same Diagnosis: Northern Tooth Fungus

Climacodon septentrionalis — white spongy heartwood rot, annual conks, slow decay. Tree lives years but monitor for advanced crown dieback and wind risk. Remove if severe.

Plant Diseases: Pine Pitch Canker: Fatal Trunk Infection, Remove Tree; White Powdery Spots on Maple Leaf Undersides: Likely Insects; White Spots on Red Maple: Superficial Fungus/Algae, Not Harmful; Maple Leaf Spots and Tulip Tree Trunk Holes: Two Separate Issues; Maple Tree Limb Crack with Larvae: Remove Limb, Treat Borers; Red Maple Borer Infestation: Sap Flow and Bud Failure; Maple Tree Oozing White Foam: Bacterial Wetwood (Slime Flux); Silver Maple Trunk Rot: Don't Foam—Fertilize and Prune Deadwood; Maple Borer Infestation in Old Wound: Treatment and Risk; Righting a Leaning Maple: Proper Technique for Tree Stabilization

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